Panel construction.



F. W. WILLIAMS.

PANEL CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION HLED AUG.2I. m1.

1,289,929,, Patented Dec. 24, 1918.

FRANK W. WILLIAMS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PANEL CONSTRUCTION.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK W. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Panel Construction; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the numerals of reference marked thereon, wliicl form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improved form of a panel construction or a cover adapted for use in phonograph cabinets and other similar articles, said panel being so constructed that the parts thereof may be readily assembled to interfit with one another so that the panel board proper which is common to all of the frame members projects above the upper edges of said frame members in the finished form of the panel construction.

It is an object of this invention to con struct a cover for a phonograph cabinet wherein the panel is adapted to project above the upper edges of the panel frame.

Another object of the invention is the construction of a framed panel embracing a peripherally grooved panel adapted to interfit with grooved frame members in such a manner that the upper portion of the panel is disposed projecting above the upper edges of the frame members.

It is an important object of this invention to provide a panel construction wherein a panel is adapted to be joined with frame members by means of tongue and groove joints whereby the upper edges of the panel are positioned projecting abo ye the upper edges of the frame members.

Other and further important objects of the invention will be apparent from the dis closures in the specification and drawings.

The invention (in a preferred form) is illustrated in the drawings and hereinafter more fully described.

On the drawings:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a panel construction embodying the principles of this invention.

Fig. 2 is a reduced section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 24, 1918.

Application filed August 21, 1917. Serial No. 187,468.

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary section taken on line 4-t of Fig. 3.

As shown on the drawings:

The reference numeral 1, designates a panel or plate preferably made of wood but of course adapted to be constructed of metal or any other suitable kind of material. Said panel is of rectangular shape and has formed in the peripheral sides thereof a continuous rectangularly cross-sectioned groove 2, disposed equidistantlv between the top and bottom surfaces of said panel, although not necessarily so. The frame of the device is made of molding and comprises a plurality of stiles or rails 3, the ends of which are out an angle of forty-five degrees with respect to the longitudinal edges thereof to permit said stiles to be fitted together at their ends at right angles to one another by miter-joints. The stiles 3, are formed with the outer surface concave as denoted by the numeral 4:, and have a large beading 5, integrally formed along the lower margin thereof and a small head 6, formed on the upper margin. The inner margin of each of the stiles 3, is fiat and inclined upwardly and inwardly as denoted by the reference numeral 7. A groove is formed or cut longitudinally in the inner surface of each of the stiles 3, a short distance below the upper inner edge of said stiles thereby affording a tongue or squared beading 8, which extends along the entire length of said stiles.

To form a panel construction, phonograph cover, or panel section, the stiles 3, are each disposed with the squared beading 8, thereof engaged in the squared panel groove 2, formed in the peripheral sides of the panel 1, as shown in Fig. 3, with the angled ends of said stiles abutting one another to form miter-joints as denoted by the reference numoral 9, thus forming a frame around the panel 1. The stiles 3, and the panel 1, may be rigidly secured to one another to form a rigid construction, by means of glue, screws or any other suitable means. The corners of the frame may be secured together in a similar manner.

Due to the peculiar arrangement of the squared beadings 8, which engage in the panel groove 2, the upper portion of the panel 1, projects above the upper edges of the stiles 3, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The construction of the stiles 3, and the panel 1, is such that the same may be readily assembled and secured together, to form a rigid do not purpose limiting the patent granted otherwise thanneeessitated by the prior art.

' Iclaim as'my invention:

. 1. In a hollow cover of the class described the combination of a tapered rim having an internal tongue and groove at the smaller end thereof, and apanel closing said smaller end andhaving a peripheral groove engaging said tongue of the rim and having a tongue at each side of the groove, one of Which'said tongues engages saidgroove of the rim and the other of Which said tongues overlaps the smaller end of the rim.

2. In a cover-of the class described the Copies 'of 'this patent may be obtained flor-fiveeents each, by addressing the flommissioner orratent Washington, D. G. Y

combination of a'tapere'd rim, a panel closcombination of a tapered rim comprising a plurality of strips secured together end to end and havlng an annular flange atrthe larger and and an .annular bead at the smaller end, 'an internal tongue and grooveat thesmaller end of the rim surrounr edb'i the said head, and a panel closing the smaller end of the rim and having a peripheral tongue and groove engaging the internal groove andtongue respectivelyof the rim.

In testimonywhereof I have hereunto subscribed my name in thepresenee of. two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK W. Vitnesses CHARLES W. HILLS, J12, ARCHIE E. PAnNALL.

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